Rautins had an incredible first half at MSU against their Magic/Kelser eventual NCAA championship team. We led something like 42-29 at half time and the announcers were raving about him. That was his 15 (20) minutes of fame for Minnesota.
Aaron Robinson—he looked like the longest of longest long shots to play the point in the Big Ten. Dan Monson & staff’s hard work with him and his determination made him a solid player. Same thing to a lesser extent for Townsend Orr—he was bigger and initially more talented.
It’s a fascinating if frustrating series. It’s the hockey version of a contrast in football teams: Vegas is ball control and the Wolves are quick strike. It’s also a reprise of Wolves-Lakers: The Wild rides Kaprisov & Boldy while the Knights have the deeper team.
Looking at the lineup at this point no one stands out as the center of gravity on offense. It’s always a delicate balance: generally offensive efficiency requires a serious scorer leading the way without the ball and ball movement dying in his hands.
My grandfather loved to travel with his brothers-in-law by train to away Gopher football games in the 1930s and 1940s. The last time Minnesota played at Notre Dame they took one of the game-special trips which stopped in Chicago for a couple hours to give passengers time for a restaurant meal...
Great steak which makes tomorrow’s game huge to strengthen our hand as much as possible for a pivotal home series with USC. As of today, it’s a 71 vs 47 RPI matchup. Sweeping Rutgers tomorrow with the headline of ten game winning streak with visit of Trojans (first games at Siebert Field?)...
Remembering a few of the Minnesota-Indians games during his head coaching tenure—1976: opened the season on a beautiful day with a dominant, promising win—started the Big Ten 3-0 and led Iowa 12-0 at half time before a big 50,000 crowd & inexplicably fell apart to a lousy Hawkeye team which...
I happened to have provided the color commentary for St. Louis Park public access for their game against Hopkins—boring all the viewers with stories of the Lloyd Holm-Butsie Maetzold rivalry. They’re athletic and could play the full length of the court at any of the positions if necessary...